Beheading

They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was lying on his bed, and having stabbed and killed him, they beheaded him, took his head, and traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.